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Eric Adams: “The commissioner put in place a 1500 person unit.”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Eric Adams' Town Hall in Rockaway: Addressing Crime, Housing, and Community Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 26:34

We closed 1500 illegal cannabis shops. 1500 illegal cannabis shops. We closed, you know, millions of dollars. It was unbelievable. It was in some of those cannabis shops. But The commissioner put in place a 1500 person unit. Every precinct is going to have a quality of life person assigned group officers. In addition to fighting crime, they're going to deal with quality of life issues. You know, unpack. (26:34–26:39)

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